One of the most effective ways to get students collaborating with each other is to use tools that are easily accessible. If the tools are browser agnostic, have no demand for installations or updates, and are intuitive, the collaboration is more likely to be effective. Together, let’s look at Google Forms, Docs and Sites as a suite of tools to facilitate and foster Global collaborations.

1. Using Google Apps to Foster Global
Collaborations
presented by Lisa Thumann
Sr. Specialist in Technology Education, CMSCE, Rutgers University
http://thumannresources.com
@lthumann on Twitter
One of the most effective ways to get students collaborating with
each other is to use tools that are easily accessible. If the tools are
browser agnostic, have no demand for installations or updates,
and are intuitive, the collaboration is more likely to be effective.
Together, let’s look at Google Forms, Docs and Sites as a suite of
tools to facilitate and foster Global collaborations.

2. Horizon Report 2009
“Increasingly, those
who use technology in
ways that expand their
global connections are
more likely to advance,
while those who do not
will find themselves on
the sidelines.”
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf

3. Where to Look for Global Collaborations
• Flat Classroom Project
• GlobalSchool.net
• KidLink.org
• The Landmark Project
• The Teacher’s Guide to International
Collaboration on the Internet

4. Global Educators on Twitter
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA&hl=en#gid=0

5. Global Educators on Twitter
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pM_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA&hl=en

6. EdSteps-Global Competency Matrix
http://edsteps.org/CCSSO/SampleWorks/matrix.pdf

7. Google Apps

8. Cross Platform

9. Browser Agnostic

11. Google Forms Templates
https://docs.google.com/templates?type=forms

12. Google Docs – Collaborative Writing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uq4TTC2
mohhR4b5sDEZeuubDTesvl34mNxfkP1LAYt0/edit
?hl=en&authkey=CLXNksYN

13. Google Sites – Building Websites
https://sites.google.com/

14. https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/van-meter-secondary-library-voice/

15. Q & A